With the Coronavirus pandemic, the 2020 NCAA men’s basketball tournament will not be played. But with all games now played for the season, the following would be the final projections for the tournament this year.

This projection took into account either the tournament champions or the top seed in the tournment if that team’s respective conference did not finish. The seeds were projected using the Sagarain rankings.

All at large selections were also made using the Sagarin rankings.

Kansas, Gonzaga, Michigan State, and Baylor were the projected #1 seeds.

Automatic Qualifiers

The following are the 32 Division I conference champions or projected champions.

• America East
  • The conference announced it has canceled its tournament championship game.
  • #1 seed Vermont
• American Athletic
  • The league announced its tournament will not be played.
  • #1 seed Cincinnati
• Atlantic 10
  • The A-10 announced the conference tournament has been canceled.
  • #1 seed Dayton
• ACC
  • The ACC announced the rest of its tournament has been canceled.
  • #1 seed Florida State
• Atlantic Sun
  • Champion: Liberty (30-4)
  • Championship matchup: Liberty vs. Lipscomb
  • Bracket
• Big 12
  • The Big 12 tournament has been canceled, the conference announced on Thursday.
  • #1 seed Kansas
• Big East
  • The Big East canceled the rest of the tournament.
  • #1 seed Creighton
• Big Sky
  • The Big Sky has canceled the remainder of its conference tournament.
  • #1 seed Eastern Washington
• Big South
  • Champion: Winthrop (24-10)
  • Championship matchup: Winthrop vs. Hampton
  • Bracket
• Big Ten
  • The conference has canceled the remainder of the tournament, the Big Ten announced on Thursday.
  • #1 seed Wisconsin
• Big West
  • The conference tournament has been canceled.
  • #1 seed UC Irvine
• Colonial
  • Champion: Hofstra (26-8)
  • Championship matchup: Hofstra vs. Northeastern
  • Bracket
• Conference USA
  • The conference has announced the remainder of the league tournament, C-USA announced on Thursday.
  • #1 seed North Texas
• Horizon League
  • Champion: Northern Kentucky (23-9)
  • Championship matchup: Northern Kentucky vs.UIC
  • Bracket
• Ivy League
  • Champion: Yale (23-7) as the regular-season champion.
  • Per the Ivy League, the tournament has been canceled.
• Metro Atlantic Athletic (MAAC)
  • The MAAC has canceled the remainder of its conference tournament.
  • #1 seed Sienna
• Mid-American (MAC)
  • The MAC has canceled the rest of the tournament, it announced on Thursday.
  • #1 seed Akron
• Mid-Eastern Athletic (MEAC)
  • The MEAC has canceled its tournament.
  • #1 seed North Carolina Central
• Missouri Valley
  • Champion: Bradley (23-11)
  • Championship matchup: Bradley vs. Valparaiso
  • Bracket
• Mountain West
  • Champion: Utah State (26-8)
  • Championship matchup: San Diego State vs. Utah State
  • Bracket
• Northeast
  • Champion: Robert Morris (20-14)
  • Championship matchup: Robert Morris vs. Saint Francis U
  • Bracket
• Ohio Valley
  • Champion: Belmont (26-7)
  • Championship matchup: Belmont vs. Murray State
  • Bracket
• Pac-12
  • The Pac-12 has canceled the remainder of the tournament, the league announced on Thursday.
  • #1 seed Oregon
• Patriot League
  • Champion: Boston University (21-13)
  • Championship matchup: Colgate vs. Boston U
  • Bracket
• SEC
  • The conference has canceled the remainder of the SEC tournament.
  • #1 seed Kentucky
• Southern
  • Champion: East Tennessee State (30-4)
  • Championship matchup: East Tennessee State vs. Wofford
  • Bracket
• Southland
  • The remainder of the tournament has been canceled.
  • #1 seed Stephen F. Austin
• Southwestern Athletic (SWAC)
  • The SWAC has canceled the remainder of its tournament.
  • #1 seed Prairie View A&M
• Summit League
  • Champion: North Dakota State (24-8)
  • Championship matchup: North Dakota State vs. North Dakota
  • Bracket
• Sun Belt
  • The Sun Belt announced the rest of the tournament has been canceled.
  • #1 seed Little Rock
• West Coast
  • Champion: Gonzaga (31-2)
  • Championship matchup: Gonzaga vs. Saint Mary’s
  • Bracket
• Western Athletic (WAC)
  • The WAC announced the remainder of its tournament has been canceled.
  • #1 seed New Mexico State

Field of 68

The following are the 68 teams based on the Sagarin rankings and using the 32 automatic qualifiers and the 36 at-large qualifers. Note, the teams highlighted in YELLOW are ones from Mid-Major conferences, in GREEN are High Major conferences, and in BLUE are from Major conferences.

Each of the seeds are highlighted for the four regions with the exception of the #11, #12, and #16 seeds, which have five teams for the #11 and #12 and six for the #16 seeds. These seeds are projections that would play in the First Four games. The eight First Four teams are highlighted on the left in ORANGE and in italics. These teams are the last four at-large teams and the last four automatic qualifying teams.

Tourament Bracket

Using the field above, the following would the bracket using the NCAA critera were two conference teams can not meet in the first four or in the first round. Open a larger view of the projected bracket in the link below the snap below.